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Huo Jiu was stunned. He looked at the scholarly young man before him with an unsettled expression. After a long time, he let out a cold snort and turned his head away.

Wang Ping smiled. This youth with an old-fashioned face hadn't laughed for a long time.

"Bring me some wine!"

Although Black Tiger didn't understand what Wang Ping was doing, he still didn't say anything due to his near blind trust in him. Not long after, his men brought out the wine. Wang Ping first poured a bowl for himself, drank it in front of Huo Jiu, and then used his own bowl to pour the wine for Huo Jiu.

"I used to yearn for those heroes and the glory of those famous generals that made me admire them. I thought that I would never have the chance to fight on the battlefield in my life, but who would have thought that I would see such heroes in this bandit's nest. "If you believe me, you can leave after you dry this bowl of wine."

Huo Jiu looked at the youngster in front of him. The youngster had an old-fashioned expression, but his eyes were clear. However, Huo Jiu didn't touch the bowl of wine for a long time. At this moment, the old geezer snatched the bowl of wine and gulped it down.

"Good wine!" I am a man of good wine, and I can't help but want to drink good wine when I see it.

Wang Ping lightly said, "There's no need to say more. I understand your worries. Although I haven't shared a cup with Ninth Fierce Demon, I will do as I said. You can leave now."

Huo Jiu was stunned, but he really did open up a path from behind.

Without hesitating any longer, Huo Jiu turned and left. After taking two steps, he suddenly turned his head and grabbed the flagon of alcohol, finishing off the last of the wine.

"Kid, this is what you call drinking!" Hahaha, I, Huo Jiu, will definitely exact my revenge! "Kid, don't regret it."

With that, Huo Jiu led the old ghost out of the encirclement.

"Brother, you …" You're letting him go just like that? "

Wang Ping smiled and waved his hand. The yellow reed handed over a small pill and swallowed it in one gulp.

"There's still some time before the Chondrake Powder will take effect. Have all the brothers at the foot of the mountain prepare to attack. Don't let any of the people at the mountainside show their heads, lest they become alerted."

Black Tiger looked at the calm young man in front of him and suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.

There was poison in the wine! In order to gain trust, he even drank a bowl first. If... Black Tiger did not dare think further. He noticed that the youth in front of him was becoming more and more difficult to see through.

Yes, there was poison in the wine. The reason he came out to stop Huo Jiu at that moment was because he discovered that Huo Jiu's aura had risen by quite a bit. He had seen Xu Qing advance in strength before, and also had this kind of increase in aura, but it was much weaker than what Huo Jiu had experienced at that time. He had not seen Xu Qing break through to the sixth rank, so he deduced that Huo Jiu had been stuck at the opportunity to advance to the fifth rank.

Therefore, he used poison. Wang Ping was very calm, just like how he looked on the surface. So it turned out that this world was nothing more than this.

The youth smiled, but his smile was no longer as warm as before. This made the Black Tiger's heart slightly tremble.

Is something wrong? Wang Ping was a dull person; at least, it seemed so. So, Black Tiger really wished he could understand Wang Ping's actions. Even bandits like them rarely used such a sinister tactic, because these things were related to their reputation. The bandits care about reputation? From the looks of it, Huo Jiu was indeed in need. From the looks of it, he was clearly the most powerful person on the slope, but his subordinate faction was not as powerful as Black Tiger's. Although it was because Huo Jiu was perverse, it was also because he did not have a 'reputation', so very few people voted for him.

However, in Wang Ping's opinion, all of these were unnecessary, because he had never thought of being this bandit his entire life. When everyone chatted with Xu Qing, they had more than once mentioned the tense relationship between the Northwest and the imperial government, as well as the restless movements of the Jianghu and the grasslands. Wang Ping's keen senses told him that the chaotic world was about to begin. Although he didn't have the ability to calculate the situation, he knew that only with enough strength would he be able to stand firm in this chaotic world.

Was he trying to do something sinister? As long as he could achieve his goal at the minimum cost, Wang Ping didn't mind using some underhanded means. This kind of personality was also one of the reasons why Lin Chengyan accepted Wang Ping. The two of them had a similar way of doing things, but Lin Chengyan still put Chu Huainan first. After a series of events in the future, Wang Ping didn't seem to care. Of course, all of this would come later. Now, Wang Ping was ordering his men to clean up the mountain stronghold. He had also gathered a group of young leaders to the Black Tiger's temporary residence for a meeting.

Everyone had been here for a long time. Although the Black Tiger was seated at the seat of honor, Wang Ping did not say anything. The Black Tiger also did not make a sound.

"Reporting to Second Leader, we've succeeded!"

Finally, Wang Ping heard the answer he had been waiting for. He opened his eyes and looked at the guard who came in, and the head of the guard at his feet.

After clearly seeing the head, Wang Ping frowned and asked, "What, only this old man's head, what about Huo Jiu's?"

Noticing Wang Ping's displeasure, the subordinate hurriedly knelt down.

"Second Leader, Huo Jiu also died, but …" Before his death, he fiercely resisted, so the brothers had no choice but to wildly shoot out arrows in unison. He has already been shot like a hedgehog, and his head really can't be cut off to show to the two bosses. "

Only now did Wang Ping relax his brows. He believed that his men wouldn't do it, or perhaps they didn't dare to lie to him.

"Before he died, did he say anything?"

"He said … "He said …"

He knew that his men were afraid that he would be blamed for his anger after he repeated Huo Jiu's words. In fact, he was very satisfied with this result, although everyone respected him in the past, but after tonight's incident, he believed they were already afraid of him.

"No worries, speak boldly."

"He said … After death, he becomes an evil ghost. May he never reincarnate. He must... "If you want to pester the Second Leader, you will be the one to do it for generations to come …"

"Hahaha!"

Wang Ping laughed heartily. He finally got rid of this fellow who could step into the fifth rank at any time. Evil ghost? If there were truly evil spirits around him, why would there be so many of them in this world?

However, the crowd couldn't sit still any longer. Such a venomous oath scared them, especially Wang Ping, who started to laugh maniacally after hearing it. Black Tiger had originally thought that he was ruthless enough. He hadn't thought that this young man would be even more fearless than him.

"Alright, the matter of the Fire Nine Stronghold is finally over. Let's talk about the future."

Wang Ping waved away his messenger, looked around at the crowd, then nodded at Black Tiger.

Black Tiger understood and signaled Wang Ping to make the decision.

At this moment, Wang Ping stood up.

"Do you know? The chaotic world is about to come. "

A chaotic world? Everyone was at a loss. What was a chaotic world? When that time comes, the lives of all the famous generals and military officials who were familiar with each other would not be able to live a peaceful life in this chaotic world. At that time, people would not have any dignity or status, only their strength would be the king in this chaotic world.

"Brother, how could that be?"

Wang Ping shook his head.

"Brother, I don't want to either, but that's the truth."

Wang Ping paused, looked at the crowd's reaction, and continued, "This is known to all that the relationship between the Northwest and the Imperial Court is not good, but in the past, it was still able to maintain a delicate balance, but now, this balance is about to be broken. As for the reason, since it involves my friends, I am unable to explain it to you in detail. But, I believe that within three years, the world will be in chaos! "

Everyone sucked in a breath of cold air.

"Then... Second Leader, what should we do? Now that we have become the overlords of this area, we can't possibly give up on this family business. "

A chubby young leader asked anxiously. This was also what everyone was most concerned about. They were not afraid of troubled times. These people were either villains who had nowhere to run to, some were even wanted by the imperial government, or they were lackeys who could not survive. As long as they hid away, they would not have much of a goal.

However, things were different now. They had a huge foundation, and they could not bear to part with such a good family business that they just obtained and hide in the mountains and forests to seek shelter.

Wang Ping smiled. It was not a waste for him to spend so much effort to build up such a large family, and it was through this that he was able to rope in these wavering subordinates.

"So, we have to work together so that we can keep our foundations, and... Don't you all want to uphold your own name? "

"Propriety?"

"That's right, take off the skin of a bandit and stand in front of everyone. We will be respected and feared by everyone!"

Yes, of course they wanted to. Although they were just some local serpents, in the end, they were just snakes. With the opportunity to soar up into the sky like a dragon gate, how could they not want to?

"Then... Second Brother, what exactly should we do? "You can say whatever you want. We will listen to you and we believe in you."

Wang Ping was a little touched, he held Black Tiger's hand and said, "Don't worry Big Brother, I won't take my brothers on a road of no return, I want to give our brothers a chance and let them poke us in the spine to see who's the true turtle in this world!"

"Good!" Second Leader, we brothers will listen to you! "

Black Tiger didn't show the slightest bit of loyalty to Wang Ping. It could even be said that he was very glad that Wang Ping chose him over the rest of the stronghold. Having seen Wang Ping's methods, Black Tiger believed that even if Wang Ping was at the bottom of the thirteen strongholds, he would still be able to pull Wang Ping up for him.

"Since that's the case, we should conserve our strength. We should let our brothers train under us for the next few days. I will personally guide them with the specific training patterns and content." These days, don't go down the mountain too often to 'fight for firewood', and distribute the money and grains to the village. Remember, you have to treat your brothers like true warriors and only when we think highly of ourselves can we make others think highly of us. "

Even though Black Tiger knew that Wang Ping had an armored soldier on his chest, he didn't expect Wang Ping to have such a big scheme. It had to be known that now that the village had been annihilated by twelve strongholds, they had truly become the local leader of this area. The number of soldiers under their command was at least ten thousand. Training a group of bandits like this as soldiers, this … What a great gift.

After making some more detailed plans, Wang Ping looked at Black Tiger. Black Tiger naturally understood, so he waved his hand to let everyone leave.

"Big brother, we have to set up a hierarchy."

Black Tiger froze for a second, then immediately understood Wang Ping's considerations.

"In that case, should we use the ranks of the military?"

Wang Ping shook his head and said, "Not good. Although we have a good understanding of the military's rank, it's too complicated. Moreover, we can't really let go of a portion of our subordinates and let them lead the troops."

Wang Ping pondered for a moment.

"Yes, we have. We will divide the thirteen of them to manage the thirteen strongholds, with our stronghold as the leader. But those who are generous must be our trusted aides." All the strongholds will bring their men into the stronghold, and we will give them money and food. Then, each was generously accompanied by two small cubes, and it was taken on by the more quick-witted young people. But these people have the power to train, and they can get higher food rates, but they don't have the power to mobilize their own forces. "

"In the end, we will follow the hierarchy of our strongholds and set up leaders at all levels under the generous side, using this as a framework. When that day comes, we will be able to pull out an entire army. However, during this period of time, we will be in charge of the Thirteen Barracks, so no one will be able to see anything. "

As a result, the outside world still didn't know that a secret change had occurred in the Wangpo area. Inside, it was a magnificent show to be conducted later by the Death Soldiers and Expeditionary Forces.

Black Tiger and Wang Ping discussed a few details, and it wasn't until the sun rose that Wang Ping finally returned to his room.

Xu Qingzhi, I can only help you to this point. The path you chose is too difficult. As your classmate, Xu Zhen, Chen Zixi and the rest can openly help you.

Wang Ping smiled faintly. That was right, Wang Ping had already made up his mind on this Bo Wang Po's plan. From the moment he knew that Xu Qingzhi was going to become Crown Prince Huai, Wang Ping realized that in the future, there would definitely be several consecutive battles in which Xu Qingzhi would be able to seize the Northwest Army's heart in his hands like how Chu Huainan had. By then, it would be time for him to make an appearance.

Xu Qingzhi, you owe me a good favor.

Wang Ping happily smiled like a child.

Indeed, Xu Qingzhi owed Wang Ping a great favor. In the future, if not for the sudden appearance of thirty thousand deathsworn in the camp during the chaos in the northwest, Xu Qingzhi would have died before his master even left him.

Who would have thought that in this well-known nest of the Wangpo bandits, the death knights who would shock the world would gradually take shape?

"If the mountain of blades dares to advance, the sea of fire will not retreat. Every battle shall precede each other; death shall not follow suit!"

Wang Ping mumbled and laughed heartily, "Let's go to the camp first!" "Let's call it first!"

"..."

"Xu Qing's Xu Qing!" Stand there and don't move! "

Mo Yunchang stomped her feet in anger. She was no longer a match for Xu Qing, so the little girl was very angry. In the past few days, she had not won even once against Xu Qingzhi. Mo Yunchang felt that even though she loved to eat a little, play a little, sleep a little, and be a little lazy … But he was still very much improving. But why was the gap between him and Xu Qing getting bigger and bigger?

"Stand still …" How do we disassemble it? "

Xu Qingzhi was somewhat confused.

"You … You're really pissing me off! "

Finished speaking, Mo Yunchang stomped her feet and took large steps to leave, leaving Xu Qing and his men in a mess.